Rylee Ebsen

Rylee is a Forbes 30 Under 30, Telly Award winning, DGA comedy director. She’s directed commercials and branded content for some of the world’s largest brands, including Kellogg's, Disney, Facebook, State Farm, Dr Pepper, ESPN, Zillow, and Google. She’s worked with numerous high-profile talent and comedians including Seth McFarland, Ben Schwartz, Tom Felton, Nicholas Braun, Brittany Snow, Alfonso Ribeiro, James Marsden, Sky Katz, Jay Williams, Doris Burke and Iliza Shlesinger. A ‘Jane of all trades’, Rylee is also a startup advisor & creative director. Previously, Rylee was an executive at Snapchat for several years (starting when the company was less than a dozen people), directing content and guiding the creative evolution of Snap from a startup to multibillion-dollar public company. With her experience across marketing, communications, creative strategy & production - she's passionate about helping brands develop their identity through content. Storytelling is in her DNA, she's the granddaughter of Hollywood actor, Buddy Ebsen and comedian/advertising creative director, Stan Freberg. Rylee went to NYU Tisch and studied improv, character, and sketch at The Groundlings.